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Monday 17 December 2012

Dry Marble with Face of Australia Pastels


 Browsing through YouTube I came across this video from MissJENFABULOUS. I had actually seen it when it first came out back in June but I was browsing through her channel. Yes, I'm a fan of hers and she has some cool ideas.

 So as a good 'Monkey See, Money Do'-er that I am, I brought out my lightest coloured polishes and created this mani.



Excuse the lobster-coloured hands and shiny cuticles, the colours of the polishes are the best I've captured and my cuticles have been way too dry from work. 

Polishes used: 
White (as a base): Rimmel London I <3 Lasting Finish in London Clouds


From left to Right: All Faces Of Australia from their Pastels Collection. After Dinner Mint, Boys 'N' Berries, Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy and I'll Take You To The Candy Shop. 
Top Coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

I'm really happy with the result and the technique is super easy. Including drying time and clean up, this mani only took me about twenty minutes. I also need to say, even though the formula in Face Of Australia polishes isn't generally great, I'm really loving these polishes for their slow drying time. Basically, it means that I can play around with them to create nail art (like this marble) and if I stuff it up, I can take it off without too much trouble. I'm seeing the positive on these polishes... Plus they were $1.65 each when I bought them. :)

What do you reckon? Would you try this technique? Maybe other colours? Oooh, I might try this with some metallics...

There's something really exciting (for me, at least) that I wanna show you guys in the next couple of posts. It might involve a long time lemming... Stay tuned.

Til next time, 

Laura
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2 comments:

  1. A Polished Prance17 December 2012 at 20:48

    They look great! I like Miss Jen Fabulous too, she has some great tutorials :)

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    1. Laura18 December 2012 at 10:52

      Thank you! I think she's on of the people that inspired me the most to get into nail art.

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